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AllenWarrior

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AllenWarrior

Bulbanews Writer
Niantic releases schedule of Pokémon GO events in May - Larvesta, Volcarona, and Shiny Mantyke debut in upcoming event featuring Team Instinct's Spark
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Niantic has announced details on upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO across May, with an infographic posted to their social media accounts. The infographic includes a variety of events between now and the beginning of June. While several of the items included in this infographic were previously announced during April, freshly announced today is a new event focused on Spark, the Team Instinct leader, which will begin in-game on May 2nd at 10:00am local time.
Pokémon GO launches new collaboration with Kung Fu Tea across US and Canada starting May 2nd - Pokémon GO themed cups to be available in-store in June
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Niantic and Kung Fu Tea, an North American chain of Boba Tea stores, have announced a new collaboration that will be rolling out across 350 Kung Fu Tea locations in the United States and Canada starting May 2nd, with participating locations offering Kung Fu Tea discounts for Pokémon GO Trainers, alongside special Raid Battles. Beverages with limited-time themed cups featuring the Team Instinct, Team Mystic, and Team Valor emblems will also be available starting in June.
Pokémon GO celebrates the arrival of 2023 with a special New Year's event, running December 31st to January 4th
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Pokémon GO is ringing in the New Year with a special New Year's celebration event to run from 8:00pm local time December 31st, through to 8:00pm January 4th, 2023. As with previous years, festive fireworks will light up the Pokémon GO skies during this event, and a selection of Pokémon will be available in outfits themed around New Year's parties, including the debut appearances of Pikachu wearing a party top hat, and Noctowl wearing a New Year's outfit.
Chespin to be the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's Community Day in January
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Niantic has confirmed that the Spiny Nut Pokémon, Chespin will be the featured Pokémon for Pokémon GO's Community Day in January 2023. During this event, Chespin will be appearing more frequently in the wild, with its Shiny variant also being available for the first time. The event will be held on January 7th, 2023, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time.
Pokémon GO's Winter Holiday event continues - Don't miss in-game events on Christmas Eve with Winter Wonderland and Hisuian Avalugg Raid Day
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Part 2 of Pokémon GO's Winter Holiday 2022 event will be running through until December 31st, at 8:00pm local time. The entire Eevee family will debut their holiday hat appearance in Pokémon GO as part of this event. Niantic has also announced details of the Winter Wonderland and Hisuian Avalugg Raid Day events taking place on Christmas Eve, December 24th.
Pokémon GO's Winter Holidays event begins December 15th - Features Pokémon GO debuts of Shiny Bergmite and Mega Glalie
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Niantic has announced details for the first part of 2022's Winter Holiday event in Pokémon GO, which running from December 15th at 10:00am to December 23rd at 10:00am local time. This event will feature the Pokémon GO debuts of both Shiny Bergmite and Mega Glalie.
Pokémon TCG - Scarlet & Violet to release worldwide on March 31st - 2023 season Standard Format Rotation to take place April 14th
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The Scarlet & Violet expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, will be released worldwide on March 31st, 2023. As revealed during the 2022 Pokémon World Championships event in October, this expansion will see the return of the Pokémon ex to the game. The new Scarlet & Violet Series of TCG cards will also see several aesthetic and playability updates coming to the game, including several changes designed to bring card design internationally more in line with the Japanese releases.
Tyranitar and Salamence will be appearing in Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet this coming weekend, from December 9th to 11th
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Tyranitar and Salamence will be appearing in 4-star and 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet between December 9th at 00:00 UTC and December 11th at 23:59 UTC. Tyranitar will appear exclusively for players with Pokémon Scarlet, while Salamence will be appearing exclusively in Pokémon Violet. These Pokémon will be available in a wide array of Tera Types, including rare Tera Types for these species.
Featured Pokémon from 2021 and 2022 return for Pokémon GO's final monthly Community Day for the year
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Niantic has announced details for Pokémon GO December Community Day for 2022, which will run from 2:00pm to 5:00pm local time on December 17th and December 18th. Pokémon that were featured in Community Day events in 2021 and 2022, including 11 monthly events from each year as well as 3 Community Day Classic events, will return in this month's Community Day event. Pokémon previously featured during 2022 will appear more frequently in the wild and in Timed Research, while Pokémon featured throughout 2021 will hatch from Eggs and appear in raids and Timed Research.
Season 1 of Ranked Battles has begun in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet's Ranked Battles Season 1 (December 2022 Season) has begun alongside the release of the Version 1.1.0 update. This season will run through to January 5th, 2023 at 8:59am (JST).
Version 1.1.0 update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet coming tomorrow - patch notes offer apology for ongoing issues with the games' performance
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Nintendo has announced that tomorrow, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be receiving a software update to Version 1.1.0. This update will see the start of Ranked Battles Season 1, as well as fixes to a bug where in-game music was not playing during battles against the Elite Four and the Champion.
Niantic releases schedule of additional Pokémon GO content and events coming in November
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Niantic has released some additional details on upcoming events and activities in Pokémon GO for this month, including an infographic posted to their social media accounts. Several of the items included in this infographic were previously announced together with the update on the new Mythical Wishes season earlier this week.
Pokémon GO adds Bahasa Indonesia language support - Waktu Indonesia Nangkep event now running for players in Indonesia until January 8th
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Niantic has announced that Bahasa Indonesia language support has been added to Pokémon GO. Both new and existing players can now set Bahasa Indonesia as their in-game language. Future events in Indonesia will receive Bahasa Indonesia language announcements on the pokemongolive website, on Instagram @PokemonGOAppID, and on Facebook at PokemonGOAppID. To celebrate the launch of this new language, the Waktu Indonesia Nangkep event will be running for Trainers physically located in Indonesia until January 8th, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Pokémon GO Tour Hoenn heads to Sunset Park in Los Vegas, Nevada on February 18th and 19th - Global event to follow February 25th and 26th
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Niantic has announced preliminary details regarding Pokémon GO Tour: Hoenn, which will be beginning in February 2023. The first live event of the tour will be held at Sunset Park in Nevada, Las Vegas on February 18th and 19th, from 10am to 6pm (PST). This will then be followed by a global event will be held on February 25th and 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time.
Pokémon Seasons White theme now available on the LINE app for users in Asia
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The Pokémon Company has launched a new Theme for the LINE app called "Pokémon Seasons White". It features Piplup and a plethora of Ice-type Pokémon: Alolan Vulpix, Spheal, Glaceon, Cubchoo, Galarian Darumaka, Vanillite, and Snom.
Heading to Hoenn Mega Raid Day on December 3rd to feature Pokémon GO debuts of Mega Sceptile, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Swampert
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Niantic has announced details of an upcoming event, the Heading to Hoenn Mega Raid Day, which will run on December 3rd, between 2:00pm and 5:00pm local time.
Season 9: Mythical Wishes to begin in Pokémon GO from December 1st, new info about other upcoming events for December
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Niantic has released details on Pokémon GO's upcoming new season: Mythical Wishes. This new season will run from December 1st at 10am to March 1st, 2023, at 10am local time. Alongside this announcement, Niantic have also released details on a number of activities, bonuses, and events that will be running in Pokémon GO during December.
Ultra Beasts are invading Earth in Pokémon GO on November 26th and 27th
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A wave of Ultra Beasts will be appearing in Pokémon GO as part of global events running between now and November 27th. On November 26th, in-person events will be taking place in London in the United Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. A livestream will also be broadcast on the official Pokémon GO YouTube channel as part of these events, starting from November 26th at 7:00pm (PST, GMT -8).
Solgaleo and Lunala make their Pokémon GO debuts in the Astral Eclipse event starting November 23rd
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In the lead-up to the upcoming Ultra Beast Arrival: Global event in Pokémon GO, Niantic has announced details for the Astral Eclipse event, which will begin on November 23th at 10:00am, and run through until November 28th at 8:00pm local time, after the conclusion of Ultra Beast Arrival: Global. Solgaleo and Lunala, the Sunne and Moone Pokémon from Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will each be making their Pokémon GO debuts during Astral Eclipse. Trainers can acquire these legendary Pokémon by using 100 Cosmog Candy to evolve their Cosmoem at day or night respectively.
Niantic releases dates for upcoming Pokémon GO Community Day events, along with additional in-game events coming in December
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Niantic has announced dates for Community Day events to be held in Pokémon GO during the next in-game Season, as well as dates for three other in-game events.
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